Part of many cages - Crossword Clue

subject to laughter or ridicule; "The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house"; "The students poked fun at the inexperienced teacher"; "His former students roasted the professor at his 60th birthday"

form vertical ribs by knitting; "A ribbed sweater"

support resembling the rib of an animal

a projecting molding on the underside of a vault or ceiling; may be ornamental or structural

a riblike supporting or strengthening part of an animal or plant

any of the 12 pairs of curved arches of bone extending from the spine to or toward the sternum in humans (and similar bones in most vertebrates)